Francis M. Naumann
The Dada Poetry of Walter Arensberg
From Tether 4, pages 132–151
What is omitted in these accounts is a discussion of seven radical Dada poems that Arensberg published in various little magazines from 1917 to 1919 that are—in terms of style and subject matter—like no other works of verse known by any other writers of the time, poetry that was so completely and intentionally void of meaning and aesthetic content that they were likely unintelligible to anyone who read them.
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Tether 4 contains Salomo Friedlaender’s musings on the work of George Grosz; poems by noted German poet Durs Grünbein; a poem by English Modernist Joseph Gordon Macleod; Erik LaPrade’s look at the peculiar papier-mâché works of Otis Burger; Mark Ford’s translations of two episodes from the draft of Raymond Roussel’s Locus Solus; an interview between painters Elliott Green and Catherine Murphy; John Reid Currie’s melancholic poetry; Paul Grimstad exploring the number 42; early photographs by Diana MacKown; Kreg Hasegawa’s curious short story; Paul Maziar’s look at pastry chef portraits by Chaim Soutine and August Sander; Barry Schwabsky’s recounting of an experience with the Farnese Sarcophagus; a portfolio of Paula Wilson’s vibrant paintings; Erica Van Horne’s prose poems; John Yau, Carol Szymanski, and Siv Støldal's playful bee keeper costume collaboration; and Francis M. Naumann’s unraveling of the fantastically cryptic Dada poems by Walter Arensberg.
Printed in the USA
Edition of 500
32 color and 34 black and white images
Item Weight : 0.69 pounds
Paperback : 156 pages
ISBN: 978069219455351800
Product Dimensions : 6 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
Publisher : Sienese Shredder Editions; Pap/Com Edition (2018)
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